after I had made several drawings with the cat by marking the places she would swat at.

first I started by pretending to draw the cat which would make her curious and walk over to check out what I was doing.

then i would mark where her paws went. I did several of these until she got bored and walked away. distracted by her stuffed mouse in the corner.

i wanted then to put more of myself into the piece because the cat got to choose where the ink went so I collaged his marks into more of a picture. And i called it Catopia because it reminds me of some cat Mesopotamia.